Wick rotation
English
editEtymology
editNamed after Gian-Carlo Wick.
Noun
editWick rotation (countable and uncountable, plural Wick rotations)
- (mathematics) A method of finding a solution to a mathematical problem in Minkowski space from a solution to a related problem in Euclidean space by means of a transformation that substitutes an imaginary-number variable for a real-number variable.